Though the final layout has yet to be signed off, organisers of the Vietnamese Grand Prix insist Hanoi track will be no ordinary street circuit. Indeed, like the Circuit of the Americas, Formula One Management and promoter Vingroup insists the Hermann Tilke designed track will feature sections that reflect numerous other circuits on the calendar. According to FOM, the circuit, which is located on the western side of the city near the My Dinh National Stadium, features a 'unique hybrid layout, fusing a street circuit's characteristics with a permanent countryside track layout within the confines of the city's topography'. Indeed, they state there was 'real desire to steer away from humdrum...
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